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11/20/11 – Update
The Eagles of CCU fell to 3-4 on the season after an 87-85 road loss at
the hands of Lindenwood-Belleville (IL) in a high scoring, fast pace
shootout.
CCU trailed 49-38 at the half, but connected on 10 second half three point
attempts to close the gap. CCU fought their way back to even the score at
85-85 with just under 35 seconds to play. With 33 seconds left in
regulation, L-B hit a contested jumper to go up 87-85. CCU had one last
look at the basket, but CCU’s Jermel McKenzie’s shot sailed wide of the
basket & the Eagles fell by the final score & the two point margin.
CCU hit 15 of 37 three point attempts on the night. The Eagles connected
on 14 of 19 free throw attempts (73%). The Eagles were out rebounded
44-21. However, in the discrepancy in the rebounding margin, CCU was only
out rebounded by three on the offensive boards (10-7). L-B hit two of
eight shots from behind the arc on the night & 19 of 31 free throws (61%).
“We put ourselves in a position to win” said CCU assistant coach, John
Witherspoon. “That’s all we can ask of the guys. We made a strong second
half surge, but just came up short”.
CCU was led by Carlton Shumake’s 28 points, four assists, & three steals.
Jeff McClintic, LJ Dimanche, & Perry Smith each chipped in 12 points
apiece for CCU. Perry Smith connected on four of five long range attempts
& Jermel McKenzie added 11 points & four assists for the Eagles.
L-B’s Devon Weaver led all scorers with 31 points.
CCU will be in action again when they travel to Athens, TN on November
25th & 26th for the Tennessee Wesleyan Classic. The Eagles will face Bryan
College on Friday at 6:00pm & then face the host school, Tennessee
Wesleyan on Saturday at 4:00pm.
11/16/11 - Update
Cross Country:
Our men’s Cross Country finished their year at the NCCAA I National Meet at Cedarville University last Saturday. Out of 30 teams that competed, they finished 18th. This concludes the team portion of their schedule with one event left to go. Freshman runner Jonathon Gears became the 1st in school history to qualify for the NAIA National Meet, in only the team’s first year of competition at that level. He and Coach Atkinson head out to the Pacific Northwest this Wednesday evening for Saturday’s meet!
Volleyball:
Our volleyball ladies competed in the KIAC tournament this past weekend as the #3 seed. They won their quarterfinal matchup Friday evening. Saturday, they lost to conference power IU-East in the semifinals. Cara Barkes and Heather Hammonds were both named to the All-Conference Team!
This week upcoming, they will head to Grace College to play in the NCCAA I Midwest Regional tournament. They play Friday at 5:00 pm against Cedarville University and Saturday at 10:00 am against Bethel and again that afternoon at 4:00 pm against Grace. They are the #3 seed in that tournament as well. A berth in the NCCAA I National Tournament is on the line for them .
Men’s Basketball:
The basketball team lost a close game to Taylor University on Wednesday evening 91-95. This was a very tough opponent who beat our men by 41 last year—obviously a big improvement. Friday, they played in the semifinal of the Bevo Francis Tournament at the University of Rio Grande, losing to the University of Northwestern Ohio by 6. Saturday, they won the 3rd place game over OU-Lancaster with a 9 point win.
They play at Home Tuesday night at 7:00 pm against Wilberforce, a team they managed to beat on the road last week by 10. That is their only scheduled game of the week.
11/7/11 – Update
Cross Country:
Our Men’s team finished 3rd in the KIAC meet this past weekend in their first ever participating as an NAIA program. Freshman Jonathon Gears became the first runner in school history to qualify for the NAIA National Meet based on his finish at this meet! The team will be participating in the NCCAA National Meet this next Saturday at Cedarville University.
Women’s Soccer:
Our women’s soccer team finished their season with a hard fought loss in the KIAC Tournament Finals 2-3 to Asbury University. They beat Mountain State in the semifinals on Friday to qualify for the championship game for the second year in a row. Their very successful season also included a 2nd place finish in the conference regular season
Men’s Soccer:
Our men’s team lost to Mountain State 0-3 on Thursday night in the conference tournament semifinals. Mountain State was also the only conference team to beat them during the regular season in conference play as they finished the season in a two way tie for the regular season title. They, like the women, represented CCU well on the field of play this year.
Volleyball:
Our volleyball took 2 of their last 3 games in the regular season. Friday, they traveled to Grayson, KY where they handled rival KCU. Saturday, they were at home for a Tri-Match where they took down conference foe St. Louis College of Pharmacy before narrowly losing their match to NCAA II Oakland City University. They finished their regular season with a record of 22-12 and tied for 3rd place in the KIAC with a 10-5 record. They are set to play in the KIAC tournament this week.
Men’s Basketball:
The basketball team opened their season in disappointing fashion in front of a great crowd Thursday night, losing to NAIA I Shwanee State University. They managed to bounce back nicely with a 10 point win on the road at Wilberforce University (a team coming off their own 11 point road win against conference rival Asbury). They take to the court three times this week. Wednesday evening, they are home against Taylor University. Friday and Saturday, they travel to Rio Grande University to participate in a tournament.
11/1/11 – Update
This week promises to be one of the more active weeks of the school year for our athletics program.
Our Cross Country team, Women’s Soccer team, and Men’s Soccer team are all in their conference postseason events. Women’s Volleyball is using the week to gear up for their postseason tournaments. Men’s Basketball kicks off their regular season this week as well.
Men’s Soccer:
Our Men’s Soccer team clinched a tie for the KIAC regular season title and, by way of a tie breaker, earned the #1 overall seed in this week’s tournament. They had The #1 seed gives them home field advantage for both the semifinals and the finals. The semifinal game is set for Thursday evening at 7:00 pm at Xavier. When they win that contest, they are scheduled to play the conference tournament championship game Saturday at 7:00 pm, also at Xavier.
Special congratulations go to our men’s soccer student-athletes who were named to the KIAC All-Conference Team for the season. They are: SR Goalie, Thayer Wallace; SR Defender Danny Elmore; SR Defender Dustin Hinken; and Midfielder Drew Ecker.
Cross Country:
Our runners participated last week in a meet involving 10 schools at KCU this past Friday. The men returned with the overall title, winning the meet in impressive fashion! They head to Owensboro, KY this coming Friday to compete in the KIAC meet Saturday.
Women’s Soccer:
Our ladies soccer team played only once last week in preparation for their KIAC tournament. In theat one game, they defeated Union College 1-0. They head into the tournament as the #2 seed and open play Friday in the semifinals at 7:00 pm. When they win that game, they play Saturday afternoon in the conference championship game. The entire tournament will be held at Midway College in Kentucky.
Volleyball:
Our ladies volleyball team had a very busy week as they won 3 and lost 2. Two of those wins and one of those losses were in conference play. They started the week of with a loss to Asbury They played the KIAC’s #1 team very close, winning the first game before losing the last three. They easily handled NCAA II school Central St on the road Tuesday. They lost to another NCAA II school, Oakland City, on Thursday before handling two conference opponents on Saturday. Their wins over Berea and Brescia in Saturday’s Tri-match leaves them with a 20-11 overall record and 9-5 conference record. The 20 wins, sets a school record for most regular season wins by CCU volleyball since the move to the NAIA was made.
This week upcoming will see them have some well deserved off days before they resume game action Friday and Saturday. Friday, they are on the road to Grayson, KY where they will take on KCU. Saturday, they will be participating in a Home Tri-Match against Conference opponent ST. Louis Colege of Pharmacy at Noon and Oakland City University at 4:00.
Men’s Basketball:
The men’s basketball team participated in their Meet the Team night last Thursday and took on the West Virginia University Club Team in a scrimmage on Saturday in preparation for the season.
This week, they kick off their regular season with a Homecoming Game at 8:00 pm Thursday against NAIA I Shawnee State University. An alumni game will be held at 6:00 pm prior to the varsity game. They play their first away game Saturday afternoon at 4:00 pm as they visit Wilberforce University.
10/3/11 – Update
Volleyball:
Our ladies earned a split in their 2 games this week beating Miami Middletown handily here at home on Tuesday and losing to conference foe Asbury University on Thursday. Their record now stands at 11-5 overall and 5-2 in KIAC play.
This week is a light one for them as they play only once. Tuesday, they will play KIAC opponent IU-Southeast in New Albany, IN at 7:00pm.
Cross Country:
Both of our men and women’s teams competed in the All-Ohio meet at Cedarville University this past Saturday. Once again, they represented CCU well in competing with schools from the entire state of Ohio—including NCAA I schools!
This Saturday, they will be competing in Pittsburgh, PA at Carnegie Mellon University.
Women’s Soccer:
Our women’s soccer team had two games scheduled for this past week, but only played one. Brescia University, their Saturday opponent, was unable to field a team this season. Wednesday’s home game saw
They too are only in action one time this upcoming week. Wednesday, they play a Home match against Midway College in a KIAC game at 7:00 pm.
Men’s Soccer:
Our Men’s Soccer team had the busiest week of all of our teams last week. They lost at home to Earlham College 0-2 and on the road at Otterbein University 0-4 on Tuesday and Thursday respectively. Saturday, they played their 2nd conference game of the year and evened their conference record to 1-1 with a victory over Brescia University.
They too have a light week in store as their only game is a Saturday home tilt against Lawrence Tech. Game time for that one is 7:00 pm.
9/28/11 – Update
VOLLEYBALL
Our ladies find themselves in 2nd place in the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (KIAC) with a 5-1 conference record. They possess a 10-4 record overall. They beat conference foes Brescia and Mountain State this past week and handled OSU-Marion as well. Their lone loss was to Top 25 IU-East, the KIAC’s #1 team. They have won 9 of their last 10 matches including their last 3. They have a lighter schedule this week with only two games. Wednesday, they play Miami Middletown at 6:00 pm in President’s Hall. Thursday, they travel to Asbury University for another important conference game.
CROSS COUNTRY
Our men and women participated in a meet at the University of Rio Grande. The men came in 3rd in a field of 7 teams. We only had three ladies run, but they competed well too. They head to Cedarville, OH for a 2:00 pm meet this coming Saturday at the All-Ohio event. There, they will be competing against colleges from the entire state, including schools such as Ohio State, UC, and Xavier, as well as many of the state’s other small colleges.
WOMEN’S SOCCER
The women’s soccer team dropped a pair of tightly contested games this past week to the University of St. Francis and Huntington University. They are back in action Wednesday with a home game against school rival Kentucky Christian University. Game time is 7:00 pm and will be played at Xavier. Their game scheduled for Saturday has been cancelled due to Brescia University not being able to field a women’s soccer team this year.
MEN’S SOCCER:
Our men won their first game of the season Tuesday at Blufton College. They were on the road for all three of their games last week and lost at St. Catherine’s and at conference opponent Mountain State. Both losses were very competitive. The upcoming week will see them in action for three games. Tuesday, they are scheduled to play Earlham College at 7:00 pm in a home match (at Xavier). They are then back on the road for the other two games. Thursday, they are in action at Otterbein College at 4:00 pm and on Saturday, they travel to compete against KIAC opponent Brescia University in a game scheduled for 2:00 pm.
9/16/11 – Update
Our VOLLEYBALL team had a busy and very productive week as they won ALL FOUR of their contests. Included in those wins was the school’s first ever victory over conference opponent IU-Southeast! Their win in that game keeps our ladies undefeated in conference play! They also swept their other three games in impressive fashion, winning all three handily.
It is another busy, four game week for them. Tuesday night, they are on the road to play conference preseason favorite IU-East in Richmond, IN at 7:00 pm. Friday evening, they will be playing Brescia University, another conference opponent, here in President’s Hall with game time set for 7:00 pm. Saturday, they will competing in a Tri-Match here in President’s Hall at Noon against conference opponent Mountain State University and wrapping up the week’s play at 4:00 pm against OSU-Marion.
The WOMEN’S SOCCER team fell in their only match of the week at the College of Mount St. Joseph’s last Wednesday in a defensive struggle 0-1. They are back in action this week with a pair of home games. Tuesday at 7:00 pm they will be matched up with the University of St. Francis at 7:00 pm. Saturday, they will play Huntington University, also at 7:00 pm. REMINDER: All of our home soccer games are played at Xavier University.
Our MEN’S SOCCER team dropped their only game of the week, a home tilt with Union College, 0-5. Union received NAIA Top 25 votes and our men did a great job of representing the school in a physical match. They have a very busy five days in front of them beginning on Tuesday. They start of their week’s play with a 5:00 pm road game at Blufton University. Thursday, they will be competing at St. Catherine’s in a game scheduled for 4:00 pm. They finish their tough run of games with a visit to Mountain State University for a 1:00 pm game Saturday in Beckley, WV.
CROSS COUNTRY will be back in action after a week off. On Saturday, they will be competing in a meet at the University of Rio Grande.
Our GOLF team will continue their the warm up portion of their year next week. They played last Monday and Tuesday in a match at Indiana Wesleyan University
9/12/11 -
VOLLEYBALL:
Our volleyball team had a great week as they beat conference opponents Berea (3 -0) on Tuesday and Midway (3-2) Thursday. The game and crowd Thursday was amazing as a lot of our students showed up to support the ladies as they made a great comeback from 2 games down to get the win. Saturday saw the team play two games here in President’s Hall where they lost to a tough College of the Cumberlands (1-3) before beating Johnson University handily (3-0). Their record now stands at 3-3 and 2-0 in KIAC play.
Like last week, this week coming up will see them in action for another four games:
They play here in President’s Hall Tuesday against tough conference opponent IU-Southeast. Game time is 7:00 pm. Thursday will see them here as well against Central State University, again at 7:00 pm. Saturday, they will be participating in Tri-Match at Earlham College in Richmond, IN. Their opponents and times there will be Central State at 3:00 pm and Earlham at 5:00pm.
WOMEN’S SOCCER:
The women’s soccer team was in action twice last week, both on the road in good ‘ol Indiana. They took an 0-3 loss at NCAA III Manchester College on Friday and came back the next day to soundly defeat Anderson University 8-0 for their first (and not even close to last) win of the season. Their record now stands at 1-5, but they have played some great competition. They should be more than ready for conference play.
They get a bit of a break this week with only one game on their schedule::
Tuesday night, they will play at crosstown rival College of Mt. St. Joseph’s at 7:00 pm.
MEN’S SOCCER:
Our men’s soccer team took a couple of losses this week to bring their record to 0-4 on the young season. Wednesday saw them lose 1-2 in a very competitive match with crosstown rival College of Mt. St. Joesph;s on a nasty, rainy night. Saturday, they traveled to Anderson University in Indiana where they took a 0-4 loss. Like our ladies soccer team, they are playing some very good competition to get prepared for conference play.
Also like the ladies, they get a little bit of a respite from the schedule with only one game to be played:
Wednesday night will see them in action against Union College on our Home field at Xavier University. Game time is set for 7:00 pm.
CROSS COUNTRY:
Our Cross Country team participated in the Queen City Invite hosted by Northern Kentucky University.Both our men and women represented CCU well against a field that included NKU, Wright St, Eastern Kentucky, Campbellsville, Lindsay Wilson, Georgetown, Asbury, Mt. St. Joseph’s, and Thomas More.
They are off this week.
GOLF:
Our Golf team is on the road today and tomorrow at Indiana Wesleyan University. The Fall season is a practice season at the NAIA level but is the main season at the NCCAA level.
9/7/11 – Men’s Soccer
Men’s Soccer take on Mt. St. Joseph tonight at Xavier University – 7pm
Upcoming Games
Sept. 8 – Women’s Volleyball home against Midway – 7pm
Sept. 9 – Women’s Soccer at Manchester- 5pm
Sept. 9 – Cross Country meet at the Queen City Invitational- 5pm
9/6/11- Updates
Women’s Volleyball:
Our women’s volleyball only saw action in one game this week, dropping their home opener to a very tough Lindsay Wilson College team (Lost, 10-25, 30-32, 8-25). They will be back in action on three separate occasions this week for four games (ALL AT HOME!!). They will open up this week’s athletics schedule with an 8:00 pm game against conference rival Berea College Tuesday. Thursday will see another conference tilt in President’s Hall against Midawy College at 7:00 pm. Saturday, the ladies will be participating in a Tri Match. They open the day playing the University of the Cumberlands at Noon and will participate in the final game against Johnson University at 4:00 pm.
Men’s Soccer:
Our Men’s team opened up the season with a home game against Marian University (Lost 0-2) on Tuesday and at Grace College Saturday (Lost 0-4). Both of these opponents were very high quality programs and our men competed well against a couple of well respected fellow NAIA programs. They are back in action this week Wednesday in a Home Match (at Xavier) with Westside rival College of Mt. St. Jospeh’s at 7:00 pm then back to the road to compete at Anderson University at 1:00 pm.
Women’s Soccer:
Our soccer ladies had a busy week with three matches against very strong opposition. Tuesday, they traveled to Shawnee State University and came away with a very competitive loss (1-2). On Friday night, they fell to nationally ranked Campbellsville University in another close affair (1-2). Saturday saw the ladies back in action for their third match in five days and they came away with a loss at Grace College (1-6). They will get some well deserved rest before they are back in action for two away games in Indiana late this week. Friday, they will be playing at Manchester College at 5:00 pm and Saturday, they will be up against Anderson University at 11:00 am.
Cross Country:
Our men’s and women’s Cross Country team had their first meet at members of the NAIA and competed very well. The men finished third out of the five teams that ran. They finished behind Northern Kentucky University (NCAA II) and Xavier (NCAA I) and ahead of Thomas More College (NCAA III) and the College of Mt. St. Joseph’s (NCAA III). This was an outstanding initial showing by our men. The women only had three able to participate in this initial meet and they were very enthusiastic and worked hard. They will all be back in action at NKU’s meet this Friday at 5:00 pm. This event will be held at AJ Jolly Golf Course in Alexandria, KY.
9/2/11- Women’s Soccer host top Top 10 ranked Campbellsville tonight at 7pm
9/2/11 – Cross Country open season with meet against College of Mt. St. Joseph tonight at 5:30pm
Upcoming Games
Sept. 3- Women’s Soccer at Grace College- 5pm
Sept. 3 – Men’s Soccer at Grace College – 7pm
Sept. 6 – Women’s Volleyball host Berea- 8pm
Sept. 7 – Men’s Soccer host Mt. St. Joseph at Xavier University- 7pm
Sept. 8 – Women’s Volleyball home against Midway – 7pm
Sept. 9 – Women’s Soccer at Manchester- 5pm
8/29/11- Top News
Our athletic teams are off to a great start. Volleyball and women’s soccer both have played official matches and, while they lost, played some very tough competition and represented CCU well. The men’s soccer team split a pair of scrimmages last week and are set to begin their official matches this week. Cross Country is set to begin their meets this week as well.
All of our student-athletes would love to have your support!
The week coming up will be fairly busy but not as crazy as in some weeks to come.
Tuesday, August 30:
Men’s Soccer plays at home with game time set at 7:00 pm against NCAA III Marian University. All of our Home Soccer games for both men and women are at Xavier University.
Women’s Soccer is on he road at fellow NAIA school Shawnee State. Game time is 4:00 pm and they will be leaving here at 11:30 am that day.
Wednesday, August 31
Women’s Volleyball with have their first Home Game at 6:00 pm in President’s Hall against NAIA school Lindsay Wilson
Friday, Sept 2
Cross Country will be participating in their first meet as NAIA members just down the road at Heritage Park here in Cincinnati. Race time is 5:30 pm.
Women’s Soccer has a Home match at 7:00 pm against a very strong fellow NAIA/NCCAA program, Campbellsville University,and will be played at Xavier University.
Saturday, September 3
Both of our soccer teams will travel together for matches against fellow NAIA/NCCAA school Grace College. The men’s game is set for 2:00pm with the women slated to play at 5:00 pm.
